Sandy -- for almost not-talking her tribe into dumping her. At least have something to say about how you started off things at the camp. And how you organized the steps in the challenge to your folks to the maze thingy first.

Carolina -- for winning the battle of the annoying voices. I'm sure some of the tribe asked Jeffy if they could vote them both off.

Sierra -- good call postponing any idol search and working on a shelter. Bad call drawing a target on yourself as weak and sick.

Many of the contestants -- are they ever gonna learn to dress for reasonable outdoor activities and pick sensible shoes?

Production -- a really lame over-complicated challenge. Run the dunes, and then all these mishmosh of rules Jeffy intoned -- "all the tribe together before the next thing." And wading out about 10 yrds into shin-deep water? Not quite thrilling.

Production: A stick! I think yeah kudos to Sierra for thinking camp first or whatever, but honestly, a stick sticking up being an obvious stick in the sand, at least go find it and replace it with a rock or something, sticks are going to get collected up for maybe fires or something.

Here are my votes:

1. Sandy, for overthinking what a pace is.

2. Sandy, for not doing a whole lot to improve your bad first impression.

3. Carolina, for being so blunt and opinionated that you turned the focus away from Sandy and towards you as the boot.

3. The Jalapao tribe for failing to get any water or food staples from the truck. I'd have gone for food or water -- especially water -- if I'd been there.

Belle Book

Production: Why not give Debbie and Candace an occasion to talk to us? I mean, we're down to 15 contestants but we know 2 that don't even have a shot.

Production: You tell us that Brasil is a vibrant country yet your opening gives us nothing of the local flavor. A truck ride pales in comparison to China's temple ceremony, the greeting by Vanuatu's warriors and especially scenes like Pearl Islands' village visit.

Coach: If you want the strong to survive, it would be a good idea not to come in last during the physical part of a challenge.

Sydney: You struggled just as much as Carolina during the challenge so changing the vote away from Sandy may not have been a good idea for you. If the tribe votes strictly on challenge strength, you're next.

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Tribe: Jalapoa tribes 4 hour trek got them to camp in the middle of the afternoon, while Timbera tribes 4 hour trek lasted until the middle of the night ... nice job of compass reading Coach.

Sydney: not only falling down weak in the physical element of the IC, but teamed with Spencer for an abysmal showing in the puzzle solving too.

Production: blurring Sierras 'behind', and 'in front' too, but feeling it's okay to give us a full Stephen butt shot.

Edited to add production comment.

BTW ... this is my virgin trip to this thread ... so natch I'm going to ask ... GUFU ???

It's a made up word that stands for things like gaffe, goof, F**k up... It's a tradition that goes back many seasons.

Goof-oo. "Gufu" just looks more exotic.

Contestant. Tyson - for bathin with his 'Johnson floppin' in the river, which just may, or may not, have contained a school of Piranha. But then again maybe he had been told a 'fish story' (aka - a lie) by one of his Tribemates that this particular indigenous variety of Piranha were known to be Vegetarians. Thus Tyson, believing this, would become a gelding & be less likely of a threat.

Production. How come every season they come up with these weird unpronounceable Tribe names, & then never explain to us what they mean. 1st we have the 'Jalapao Tribe'. From one site I researched I found that Jalapao is a native plant in Tocantin used to cure stomach ailments. So roughly translated I think it means that this is a Tribe that will make you sick to your stomach. Then we have the 'Timbira Tribe' which is the name of the Indian inhabitants of the region & also the name of a submarine that was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy in 1996 (the article was unclear however why the Indians built this submarine & then donated it to the Navy).

It's a syllabic transposition of the Japanese word for blowfish, "fugu." RealityTVWorld was originally called SurvivorBlows.

Sandy - for digging at the base of an "obviously not" palm tree when she finally manages to find the first clue. (someone already said the pace faux pas)

Jerry - for hiding his army experience cause we all know lies come to haunt you in the end.

Debra - what were you thinking when you chose those shoes to wear?

Coach - for acting smarmy and macho and pushy.

Sierra - for even showing up with strep throat.

Production - for allowing Sierra to show up with strep throat. What part of "highly contagious" did they miss?